Word: shiftly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lawrence's first appearance in the stroke seat since the selection of the first and second crews a month ago and his shift from bow to stroke caused him some inconvenience at first. He managed, however, to send the eights ahead with about the same amount of rythm as his rivals for the position and he may accustom himself to the shift if he is given a slightly longer stay in the stern. Harrison has been rowing at stroke for nearly a week and his success at driving the crews marks him as one of the strongest of the many...
...textile industries received added protection?approximately a 10% increase over present rates. In New England, gratification at this benefit was tempered by disappointment at the bill's failure to shift leather shoes from the free to the dutiable list. The House committee was pressed by the farmers for a duty on hides, which was rejected and with it New England's plea for a shoe duty. Committeemen felt they could not "defend" such an increase on the House floor...
This effort from a business point of view is comparatively recent and marks a shift from the attempt to find what the people want and then trying to supply it to them, to one in which the commodity, which is increasingly becoming ideas and not concrete goods, is supplied and the desire is then created for it. Over a period of the past five or ten years "big business" has been using four definite avenues of approach with the above aim in view...
...four and E. L. Millard '31 from the class crew squad to the vacant berth at two. Norton who had been rowing at No. 2 in the first boat changed places with R. I. McKesson '31, No. 2 man in the second eight, a few days ago and this shift will be in effect for the race with the Engineers...
...University crew, which opens the season against Massachusetts Institute of Technology Saturday, may be changed in one position before the race, according to a statement by Coach E. J. Brown '96 yesterday. Since the selection of the first crew a week ago there has been one major shift, that of Allerton Cushman '29 to No. 5 in the first boat to replace M. M. Johnson '31 who is now rowing No. 5 in the Jayvees...